Isaac the alchemist : secrets of Isaac Newton, reveal'd / Mary Losure.
| Author/creator | Losure, Mary author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017. |
| Copyright Date | ©2017 |
| Description | 163 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The Apothecary's House -- Book of Mysteries -- Stars -- School -- Siege Weapons -- An Inclination for Mechanics -- Chymistry -- Triumph and Recreation -- Hemlock, Henbane, Mandrake Root -- What Good Is Such a Bookish Boy? -- Truth Is My Greater Friend -- Astrology ... to Mathematics ... to the Ghosts of Light -- The Comet -- Year of Wonders -- Isaac's Alchemy Begins -- Enter the Royal Society -- Isaac the Alchemist -- Transformations. |
| Abstract | Before Isaac Newton became the father of physics, an accomplished mathematician, or a leader of the scientific revolution, he was a boy living in an apothecary's house, observing and experimenting, recording his observations of the world in a tiny notebook. As a young genius living in a time before science as we know it existed, Isaac studied the few books he could get his hands on, built handmade machines, and experimented with alchemy--a process of chemical reactions that seemed, at the time, to be magical. Mary Losure's riveting narrative nonfiction account of Isaac's early life traces his development as a thinker from his childhood, in friendly prose that will capture the attention of today's budding scientists--as if by magic.-- Source other than Library of Congress. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-158) and index. |
| Audience | 1010 Lexile. |
| Study program note | Accelerated Reader |
| Awards note | Junior Library Guild selection. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2015934464 |
| ISBN | 9780763670634 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0763670634 (hardcover) |
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| Joyner | TRC Biographies | B N484L | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
| Joyner | TRC Biographies | B N484L | ✔ Available | Place Hold |